The Novel in Hindi, Assam and Oriya


 
 
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The Novel in Hindi, Assam and Oriya

The Novel in Hindi, Assam and Oriya: In the North, Bharatendu Harishchandra, the pioneer of modern Hindi literature, encouragednmany members of his circle of poets and writers to recreate and translate novels from other languages.

Many Bengali and English novels were translatedand adapted in Hindi languages under the influence of Bharatendu Harishchandra. But the first proper modern novel was written by Srinivas Das of Delhi.

  • Novels of Srinivas Das: Srinivas Das's novel Pariksha-Gunu was published in 1882. It reflects the inner and outer world of the newly emerging middle classes.The novel teaches the right way to live and expects readers to believe in the values of their tradition and culture. It also teaches to live with dignity and honour.
  • Novels of Devaki Nandan Khatri: The writings of Devaki Nandan Khatri created a novel-reading public in Hindi. His best-seller, Chandrakanta, was a romance with daz:ling elements of fantasy. It contributed immensely in popularising the Hindi language and Nagari script among the educated classes of those times.
  • Novels of Premchand: It was with the writing of Premchand that the Hindi novel acheived excellence. He began writing in Urdu and then shifted to Hindi. Many critics think that his novel Sewasadan published in 1916. lifted the Hindi novel from the realm of fantasy, to a serious reflection on the lives of ordinary people and social issues Pratiga, Gaban, Karmabhoomi, etc. His novels are filled with kinds of powerful characters drawn from all levels of sociery.writings covered corruption, child widowhood, dowry system Some of his famous novels are Rangabhoomi, Godan, Nimd feudal system, poverty, colonialism of our society etc.
  • The Novel in Assam: The first novels in Assam were translations of Bengali novels by missionares named Phulmoni and Karura, (1852). Rajanikanta Bardolo wrotÄ™ the major historical novel in Assam called Manomati (1900). In 1838 Assamese students in Calcutta formed the Asamya Bhasar Unnatica that brought out a journal called Jonaki, which opened up opportunities for authors to develop the novel.The Oriya Novel: In 1877-78, Ramashankar Ray serialised the first Oriya novel, Saudaman Fakir MÉ”hon Senapati, (1843-1918) authored the novel Chaa Mane As Guntha in 1902 This was a new kind of novel that dealt with proples relating to lard and irs possession. This pathbreaking work showed that the novel could make rural issues an important part of urban pre-occupations.

     
     


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